Coco Gauff flexes epic Snoop Dogg Paris Olympics pin
USA tennis star Coco Gauff has a unique pin to bring her luck at the 2024 Paris Olympics courtesy of rapper Snoop Dogg. Gauff posted a photo to her Instagram story displaying the pin, which features Snoop Dogg puffing smoke rings that are colored to look like the Olympic rings.
The 20-year-old Gauff is making her debut at the Olympic Games and is so far off to a 3-0 start after defeating Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia on Sunday and Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina on Monday. She also earned a first-round doubles win with teammate Jessica Pegula.
You can view a photo of the pin Gauff received, which she claimed wins “the pin game,” below.
Snoop Dogg also posted a video on Instagram in which he was wearing a t-shirt with Gauff on it. He offered some words of encouragement for the young star while showing off the pin.
“Hey Coco, it’s big Snoop Dogg. I got something for you,” he said. “This is for you. Great game today. Go USA.”
Gauff responded with a video of her own showing off the pin and thanking him for the gift.
“Hey Mr. Snoop, thank you for this pin,” she said. “This is the best pen I’ve ever gotten. I hope to see you at US Open or maybe I hear you may come Wednesday to watch us play again. Thank you for the pin and I’ll see you at the next one.”
It’s certainly a one-of-a-kind design and something that Gauff will have to remember these Olympics by along with all of her victories. She next has a third-round singles match against Donna Vekic of Croatia as she looks to inch closer to gold.
Coco Gauff and Snoop Dogg with both part of the Olympic Opening Ceremony with Gauff serving alongside LeBron James as a flagbearer and Snoop Dogg, of course, being the torchbearer.
Since then Gauff has only continued to impress as she became the youngest American since Serena Williams in 2000 to win an Olympic singles match. She still has a chance to win three gold medals across women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed singles, something no other tennis player has done since the sport was added back to the Olympics in 1988.
Now as she continues on her journey to do so, he’ll have a little extra bling to carry with her.